Would you buy broken or damaged dolls, from the company?

If it was just a broken finger the company would just cast extra hands- they only construct dolls after they make all the parts, so if there were "seconds" it probably would be something more pervasive, affecting all or most parts. It makes no sense for a doll company to write off a $600 doll at a discount when they can just cast a $20 new hand!

 

I think it would be great for companies to sell the "messed-up" parts at a discount. I would probably take the opportunity to get a head that wasn't really usable normally to practice faceups on. I don't think I'll ever want to start practicing on a doll that I actually care about, but being able to buy a cheaper "practice canvas" would be nice so I could find out if I even like faceupping. I think many people would also be able to use flawed pieces as part of their doll's character (injury, accident, etc.).

 

For the right price, yes... but if they're expecting almost normal prices for messed up dolls, then no.

 

if it really would be something like 50 / 70 % off then I would so buy more then one, I totally love modding but I can't practise ,srsly as a modding /face up newbie I HATE working on a 600 dollar canvas ...

 

I would- simply because I think that fixing up the doll would make it much more special to the owner.

 

A. Yes! I'd love to! It's a great idea
Totally! Absolutely! Make it so!

 

Yes! Totally!
Oh the pretty mods that come to my mind~cyborgs~zombies~guro lolitas~

 

I would love to actually. It'd be great if a company were to sell damaged parts, especially for someone like me who would like to get into dolly repair. It's easier than waiting around for someone to break their doll for me to buy a practice head or body XD

 

I would love this, if the price was right. My time is not worth much, so getting a broken doll to fix up a bit would be a great idea. And creative.

 

I'd love something like that! My head keeps screaming "Franken-doll". I'd love to do some really extreme custom work and really press the boundaries between what is considered a doll and what is considered art. I would also like to attempt to create "deformed" dolls... I might just be strange, but I'd love to make a conjoined twin doll - I find the biological process behind and incomplete split of a twin to be fascinating (I work in the health/medical field)

 

Great topic and I'm with near everyone . I'd buy at a discounted price a broken or bad doll.

 

I would be very much interested in buying a broken doll, an uneven dye job or a mis-cast with bubbles in the resin. I think that these type of dolls would be perfect for people who want to try heavy modding on their dolls but don't want to begin with an expensive doll at first.

I do however think that it would drive down the price that buyers would be willing to pay for "perfect dolls" because if someone was buying a normal doll just to mod it to be unrecongnizable, they would not be willing to pay the full price for it. But, considering that the company would be making up some of the money that it lost in damaged dolls, it might make the full price of a good doll go down.

I think that it is the seller's perogative. I know that some people on here who make accessories for dolls out of resin are sometimes willing to sell their mis-cast items in order to make up some of what they lost.

 

A. Yes! I'd love to! It's a great idea
broken or damaged parts would be perfect for moding experiments & uneven coloured bodies for dyeing experiments epecially with crazy colours
I want a part of collection in perfect condition but I'd love to have a cheaper difective alternative to do all those modifications which I personally wouldn't try with a new/full price doll.

 

I think the majority of cast offs would be dolls with uneven color or air bubbles. If this was the case I would definately be interested.

 

C...For now..
I can't see my parents face when they know I buy 100$ for a broken one..

 

wow, that is a tough one. For bad tan jobs, I probably would not want to buy the doll. I am not a huge fan of tan dolls (with the exception of different color resins, like Bobobie and Resinsoul, where it isn't a tan so much as a dye that is added to the resin mix and they are that color all the way through). My other 'No' would probably be to french resin. I would sell soul for a Narae (if I thought I actually could do so) but if I got the option to buy one in french resin on the cheap, I'm not so sure if I would go for the deal. It would depend on the fault. I've heard that french resin is hard to mod/fix especially when Apoxie comes into the mix.

Outside of tans and french resin dolls, I think I would bend over backwards to save a doll from being thrown away, especially if I could buy her on the cheap.

 

In theory, it's not a bad idea. I agree, it seems rather wasteful not to use the bits and dolls that aren't hopelessly flawed. From the company's point of view, this idea is not favorable or workable. It opens up a whole can of worms. Most companies take a lot of pride in putting out a good product and selling their blems (blemished goods) would be unthinkable, an erosion of their corporate identity. In addition, when you take into account the sheer amount of work and cost involved with marketing and shipping the blems, it's probably cheaper to just throw them away and concentrate on making a satisfactory product. Unlike the "perfect" dolls, each blem would be individual, and would need to be sold singly.

 

I would be absolutely the one going for it ^^
To be honest Aiwa has two lighter/darker tan marks on his shoulders and they do good as his scars, without me even touching them :]
As for BBB various resin colors … Wow… The idea is just about bubbling inside of my head. I would love even cracked dolls or the ones in bubbles or lumps in resin. If for a good price they would do well for practice and I’m sure they would be cherished just as the rest of the crowd… Just because I wouldn’t be able to help it.

 

You know, you're right. I know I said I would buy a flawed doll earlier, but in light of this perspective I kind of feel that I need to change my answer.

Gibson guitars (and please correct me if I have the wrong company. I know the narration is true, I just may have the wrong company) has been one of the best in guitar production. It was unheard of for one their guitars to not be perfect by their standards. If a guitar did not hold up to even one of their impeccably high standards then it went into the trash. After some financial troubles they started selling flawed guitars. They were starting to go under and needed to help boost sales. So if a guitar had only minor flaws, then it went out to the sales floor. They had no problems being honest with their customers and telling them it was flawed, and they had no problem selling it for cheaper. But as soon as they started selling guitars with just minor flaws, then they quickly started selling more and more guitars with more and more imperfections. It got to the point that the guitars were not worth anything and no one wanted to buy them. The company nearly went bankrupt. Eventually the company got new ownership and they returned Gibson to its premier name by reinstating the high standards.

So I know that this is not just a theory but things like this have happened and it hurts not just the company but the customers too! So in that light I would not buy a flawed doll from the company. I have no problem buying a flawed doll on the Marketplace (everyone loves a good project!) but I think I would have to say no to buying anything less than a 'perfect' doll from the company.

 

i would use broken pieces to test stuff on like body blushing, or dyeing, or practice faceups, that way i'd get practice in and feel comfortable before doing it on a perfect doll xD